So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[2jakes]

At my school, English Leather was the whiff you got in the headmasters office. It came from the inch thick, foot long, leather strap that he meted out corporal punishment with.

Our high school principle had an odd sense of humor and creativity.
He used a wood paddle similar to a cricket bat but with holes drilled
in the middle.

The punishment was done in the boiler room of the school.
He had a table with a small mirror.
You were told to lean forward & place your elbows on the table and
look into the mirror while he dispensed about six whacks on your behind.

The first two weren't so bad. The last two brought tears.
But I never gave him the satisfaction that it hurt.

Mr. G where ever you are, I got even.
The following week, it was me who smeared dog poop under
your desk when you went to lunch. And that's why you couldn't locate
it & the odor stayed there for a long time.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Shame the wall came down - seems like you would much prefer the socialist paradise that was East Germany.

I'm surprised when the wall did come down that it wasn't West Germany being absorbed into (and bailed out by) East Germany as the West's market economy is so horrible. ...

Sarcasm is best left to the professionals. I don't think Trenchy is nostalgic for the good old days of the Iron curtain but everyone has the right to criticize the market economy , especially the frenzied consumerism it encourages. Prehaps too, they question things more in Europe than in the States.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Trenchfriend
it's 3:20 AM with thunder & lightning like a Frankenstein movie.

Can't sleep. Too tired from covering the MLK March the other day.
What's your excuse for staying up at this hour.
Btw;
Thanks for the like .

You're forgetting the time zones...it may have been 3:20 a.m. where you are but it was 10:20 a.m. in Germany.

 

[2jakes]

It may be 3:20 a.m. where you are but it was 10:20 a.m. in Germany.

Well then good morning to you & Trenchfriend.

G'nite!

 

[Lean'n'mean]

And a Good afternoon to you.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A likely candidate for high elected office?

He became state chairman of one of the major political parties, and ran unsuccessfully in an Congressional primary in the '90s, losing to a candidate who closely resembled Colonel Klink. Oh, the memories I've tried so long to suppress.

Most characteristic one: he made a TV commercial showing himself and his toddler-age son walking along the shore in the morning light. The day of the shoot, the kid was extremely sick with the flu. The Candidate and his wife got into a screaming fight over the phone, audible to all of us on the other side of the door, and he demanded that she get the kid out of bed and get him dressed and get him to the shore OR ELSE.

I don't know where he is now, but that kid is now old enough to walk up to his dad and punch him in the face.

 

[MisterCairo]

Some newbies will have no concept of what you posted about doctors making house calls.

I'll add it to the "terms that have disappeared thread"!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

In London, it's the favourite cry from the Cabbie behind you, if you are not away from the lights like some F1 driver. "Oi! Ain't there a colour there that you like?

The few times that I have driven my truck in downtown Chicago traffic it was a case of if you weren't already moving by the time the light turned green you'd get the horn.

 

[sheeplady]

He became state chairman of one of the major political parties, and ran unsuccessfully in an Congressional primary in the '90s, losing to a candidate who closely resembled Colonel Klink. Oh, the memories I've tried so long to suppress.

Most characteristic one: he made a TV commercial showing himself and his toddler-age son walking along the shore in the morning light. The day of the shoot, the kid was extremely sick with the flu. The Candidate and his wife got into a screaming fight over the phone, audible to all of us on the other side of the door, and he demanded that she get the kid out of bed and get him dressed and get him to the shore OR ELSE.

I don't know where he is now, but that kid is now old enough to walk up to his dad and punch him in the face.

What a jerk. Did his wife ever divorce him?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Yep. He went on to become a mid-level bureaucrat with HUD during the GW Bush administration -- pretty funny for a man who once said to me, during a discussion of affordable housing, "hey, I've made my pile, why should I have to live next to a bunch of poor people?" -- and now I think he's selling real estate somewhere. I think his ex soaked him good in the divorce, so at least there's a little pleasant schadenfreude to remember.

 

[tonyb]

He became state chairman of one of the major political parties, and ran unsuccessfully in an Congressional primary in the '90s, losing to a candidate who closely resembled Colonel Klink. Oh, the memories I've tried so long to suppress.

Most characteristic one: he made a TV commercial showing himself and his toddler-age son walking along the shore in the morning light. The day of the shoot, the kid was extremely sick with the flu. The Candidate and his wife got into a screaming fight over the phone, audible to all of us on the other side of the door, and he demanded that she get the kid out of bed and get him dressed and get him to the shore OR ELSE.

I don't know where he is now, but that kid is now old enough to walk up to his dad and punch him in the face.

I knew a fellow whose children included a wheelchair user. When he ran for a minor office his campaign sent out a mailer (full color!) featuring, among other graphical elements, a photo of his family. No evidence of the wheelchair in that photo. That kid was seated on the living room couch for the first and last time in her life.

Whoever says the camera never lies hasn't really thought it through.

 

[2jakes]

Whoever says the camera never lies hasn't really thought it through.

Same with a gun.
Depends on where you aim...
when you decide to squeeze the trigger!

 

[Fading Fast]

Same with a gun.
Depends on where you aim...
when you decide to squeeze the trigger!

And now that's it digital, the picture tells you very little about reality. I would imagine - and our lawyer members could tell us - that digital pictures carry much less weight in courtrooms than tradition photography did (just my uninformed guess).

 

[tonyb]

And now that's it digital, the picture tells you very little about reality. I would imagine - and our lawyer members could tell us - that digital pictures carry much less weight in courtrooms than tradition photography did (just my uninformed guess).

I happen to be acquainted with a fellow who just can't resist tweaking the hell out of images in Photoshop. Sometimes it seems he does it just because he can.

 

[Stearmen]

Our high school principle had an odd sense of humor and creativity.
He used a wood paddle similar to a cricket bat but with holes drilled
in the middle.

The punishment was done in the boiler room of the school.
He had a table with a small mirror.
You were told to lean forward & place your elbows on the table and
look into the mirror while he dispensed about six whacks on your behind.

The first two weren't so bad. The last two brought tears.
But I never gave him the satisfaction that it hurt.

Mr. G where ever you are, I got even.
The following week, it was me who smeared dog poop under
your desk when you went to lunch. And that's why you couldn't locate
it & the odor stayed there for a long time.

Our grade school principal had a cricket bat. I remember getting dragged into his office for fighting, I was 9 or 10. He opened the bottom desk drawer and showed it to us. Just one look and all the two of us were saying was, yes sir, no sir for what seemed like an eternity. We both left crying, but good friends. I am not sure he ever actually used it, sometimes pure terror is the best medicine!

 

[GHT]

Our high school principle had an odd sense of humor and creativity.
He used a wood paddle similar to a cricket bat but with holes drilledi n the middle.

Just to show you the brutal strap we were beaten with, I googled school strap. ye gods, this came up on E-Bay
Lovely Vintage Two Tail 9mm School Tawse Punishment Fetish Dominatrix Strap.
Lovely? Whose definition is that?

 

[2jakes]

Just to show you the brutal strap we were beaten with, I googled school strap. ye gods, this came up on E-Bay
Lovely Vintage Two Tail 9mm School Tawse Punishment Fetish Dominatrix Strap.
Lovely? Whose definition is that?

You weren't kidding!

 

[Fading Fast]

Why is Photobucket such a horrible site?

Yes, it's free (advertising supported), but so are thousands of other sites - and so is network TV - and they all work dramatically better than Photobucket.

The site

-- is down frequently

-- is incredibly slow half the time (and just not-slow the other half)

-- has beyond aggressive pop-ups (that work despite all my pop-up blockers)

-- slows my computer down and occasionally freezes it (and almost no other site does this)

-- stops working in the middle of being used

-- even when working, has poor functionality

I hate it.

 

[2jakes]

Why is Photobucket such a horrible site?

Yes, it's free (advertising supported), but so are thousands of other sites - and so is network TV - and they all work dramatically better than Photobucket.

The site

-- is down frequently

-- is incredibly slow half the time (and just not-slow the other half)

-- has beyond aggressive pop-ups (that work despite all my pop-up blockers)

-- slows my computer down and occasionally freezes it (and almost no other site does this)

-- stops working in the middle of being used

-- even when working, has poor functionality

I hate it.

This might be the reason: (found on photobucket)

I've used PB for a couple years with no problem
Last December, I received message that I could upgrade for a price.
I didn't.
Although the system still works, it is not consistent as before.
Today, I was able to log in but took several tries.
I use TinyPic (free) for uploading to the forum.
But along with these "free" apps comes a baggage of pop-up ads.
Some cases these "free apps" will infest your computer with pop-up ads that
will freeze your computer unless you call or download their product.
These clean up softwares look official and will ask for credit card information
to clean your system. Not recommended.

 

[Zombie_61]

Why is Photobucket such a horrible site?

Yes, it's free (advertising supported), but so are thousands of other sites - and so is network TV - and they all work dramatically better than Photobucket.

The site

-- is down frequently

-- is incredibly slow half the time (and just not-slow the other half)

-- has beyond aggressive pop-ups (that work despite all my pop-up blockers)

-- slows my computer down and occasionally freezes it (and almost no other site does this)

-- stops working in the middle of being used

-- even when working, has poor functionality

I hate it.

I use Adblock Plus and have no problems with pop-ups on Photobucket other than their own "Upgrade for only..." pop-up which appears when you access their homepage. You have to install it separately on each browser you use (i.e. open Mozilla Firefox, go to their website, install, open Google Chrome, go to their website, install, and so on), but so far it has blocked almost everything.

I've been using Photobucket for several years myself. It's not problem free, but I don't seem to encounter some of the problems other users have. Yes, it's down for "maintenance" once in a while. Yes, it's often slow. But I've never had it freeze up on me or slow my laptop down. I suppose I'm just used to it. Besides, I really don't want to go through the hassle of moving all of those photos to another hosting site.